Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Google Buzz
Google has now introduced Google Buzz in Gmail. I guess Google is gone mad and wasting its energy and resources on things which are of no use. First orkut, then google wave and now google buzz. Why they are stressing on social networking? whats the point of creating google buzz when there is already google wave. First point is that i dont see much difference in google wave and google buzz except the real time and single threaded stuff in google wave, secondly if there is something new then why not introduce it in google wave? why google buzz??? i cant figure out the answers to these questions. Google is a brand name, and they are known for creativity and quality, so they should focus on introducing new stuff and ideas rather than wasting time of others and themselves in such lame social networking stuff which are already introduced by others and are prevalent in the market.
Google's Chrome
Google’s internet browser, Chrome, is now more popular than Apple’s Safari, according to data collected in December 2009. The search giant’s browser, launched in September 2008, was used by 4.63 per cent of web users, compared to Apple’s market share of 4.46 per cent. Nearly two-thirds of all web browsers, however, are versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (62.69 per cent), according to online services firm Net Applications. Mozilla Firefox was in second place on 24.61 per cent, distantly followed by Google.
Wresting third place from Apple, however, is a milestone for Google, and coincides with the company launching a major advertising campaign for the browser across Europe. This has used major billboard sites across Britain, and has also included producing a special wraparound supplement for the free Metro newspaper. Searches online for “Google Chrome”, “Chrome” and “Google Browser” almost doubled in mid-December when the campaign was at its height, and the increased usage figures indicate that a large number of people searching for Chrome online have gone on to download and use the product
Google claims that speed and stability are the main selling points behind Chrome, which is also designed to take up as little of the users’ screen space as possible, allowing them to see more of the web in one browser window. Each browser tab also acts like a separate programme, so if a website crashes the tab it does not force render the rest of the browser unusable.
The latest versions of most other browsers, however, also offer similar features or options, and Chrome is itself derived from a version of Mozilla’s Firefox. Google is also the source of the majority of Mozilla’s revenue.
With the growth of Google’s mobile phone operating system, Android, and the imminent launch of the high-profile Nexus One handset, the search giant is focusing on expanding outside its traditional areas of expertise.
Google Wave
I just got an invitation of Google wave, thanks to Ammar Bhai :). Straight away I started using it as I was excited. It was simple to start, just login from your gmail account if you have one and just start using it. It has very exciting features in it and is really easy to learn, as there are tutorial videos which are simple to understand. It is a real time communication engine, better than facebook in my opinion. I will give details about some features as I have not explored it fully myself. There are waves in Google wave alike status updates in Facebook. If someone wants to share something he will create a new wave and specify friends with which he wants to share it. Then the friends he added and he can have real time communication, if his friends reply to the wave it is visible to him what his friend is writing in real time, and what you are writing will be visible to your friends in real time(you can see what they are writing on your screen). You can also share pictures, videos and much more in Google wave in a new way. You can make your friends understand about a specific location using Google Maps in real time. You can also write documents and your fiends can help you in writing it in real time. if you are chatting with a friend who is spanish for example then there is no problem you just type in English and it will be converted to spanish in real time, and your friend will write in spanish and it will be converted to your language in real time. There is much more, but for now I think Google has really changed the way of social networking. I really liked Google wave and i hope you people will also like it. Google wave can only be used if you get an invitation as it is a beta version for now.
Microsoft lobbying against Google!
Microsoft's chief Washington lobbyist has been convening regular meetings attended by the company's outside consultants that have become known by some beltway insiders as "screw Google" meetings, DailyFinance has learned.
The meetings are part of an ongoing campaign by Microsoft (MSFT), other Google (GOOG) opponents, and hired third parties to discredit the Web search leader, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.
"Microsoft is at the center of a group of companies who see Google as a threat to them in some combination of business and policy," said a source familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to avoid retribution. "The effort is designed make Google look like the big high-tech bad guy here."
The meetings have occurred as frequently as once a week, sources with knowledge of the meetings say.
Microsoft employs several D.C.-based public relations firms, including Law Media Group, a secretive outfit founded by former Democratic operative Julian Epstein, and the Glover Park Group, which the software giant retains for issues related to "public policy and governmental affairs," according to Microsoft's website. LMG declined to discuss its work for Microsoft; GPG says it had never been involved with any "screw Google" meetings.
Nevertheless, one source familiar with the meetings says, "Law Media Group has several people who work full-time on Google-bashing. Everybody knows Microsoft is trying to throw roadblocks at Google and knock them off their game. Microsoft is trying to harm Google in the regulatory, legal, and litigation arenas because they're having problems with Google in the competitive marketplace."
"This is textbook Microsoft," the source adds. "Microsoft has got some of the best, highest-priced lobbyists that money can buy in Washington."
The meetings have been led by Fred Humphries, Microsoft's chief lobbyist in D.C. Ginny Terzano, Microsoft's Washington spokesperson, acknowledged that Google has come up in Microsoft meetings with "lawmakers, regulators, and our own consultants." But of Humphries's alleged "screw Google" meetings, she says, "This is absurd. While Google is a healthy competitor, Fred is focused on advancing policies that benefit our partners and consumers, and not running meetings of the type you describe. Your sources are badly misinformed, and your information is wrong."
"As you would expect, Microsoft and Fred are working to educate policymakers and regulators about the benefits of the Microsoft/Yahoo deal," Terzano says. "When you talk about the Microsoft/Yahoo deal, of course Google is going to come up."
A source with knowledge of the matter called Terzano's statement a "non-denial denial," saying, "This is an attempt to obfuscate the fact that they are indeed having 'screw Google' meetings."
Microsoft is working to allay Justice Department antitrust concerns over its proposed 10-year web search tie-up with Yahoo (YHOO), which would unite the No. 2 and 3 competitors in the space.
The new details about Microsoft's D.C.-based efforts to undermine Google shine a light on the role of third-party firms, funded by tech giants, that engage in activities such as astroturfing, corporate propaganda, and misinformation. Media reports have hinted at a "whisper campaign" undertaken by entities acting at Microsoft's behest to undermine Google, both with policymakers and the public.
In recent months, two heavily detailed, annotated versions of confidential Google slide presentations -- one dealing with competition issues, the other with behavioral targeting -- have been published by a Santa Monica–based group called Consumer Watchdog. The annotations are highly critical of Google and seek to rebut the search giant's arguments. Consumer Watchdog has thus far declined to reveal the source of the documents.
"We consulted with someone outside our organization who did the mark-ups. We published them because we thought they were right on the issue," says John M. Simpson, who leads coverage of issues related to Google at Consumer Watchdog. Microsoft and its PR firms LMG and GPG deny any involvement in producing the annotated Google presentations.
Simpson says the news of the "screw Google" meetings comes as "no surprise whatsoever." "I suspect that such meetings are happening at Microsoft, and I would suspect that Google has had similar meetings," Simpson says. "It's obvious that Microsoft is engaged in some sort of organized campaign to undermine Google."
That there is no love lost between the two companies is well-documented. Microsoft chieftain Steve Ballmer once famously hurled a chair across his office during an anti-Google tirade in which he raged, "I'm going to f*cking kill Google." The incident was revealed in court documents related to Google's poaching of Microsoft's former point man in China, Li Kai-Fu. Google lured Li to head its effort there, leading to a lawsuit from Microsoft, which Google won.
Of course, just as Microsoft holds Washington meetings to discuss its Google strategy, Google does the same. The two companies compete on multiple fronts, and each seeks to enhance its own position while undermining its rival.
"Of course we keep an eye on what's happening in the industry," Google spokesman Adam Kovacevich says, "but the focus of our Washington advocacy has always been advancing good public policy for the Internet and our users."
In less than a decade, Google has become nearly as dominant in the Internet search market as Microsoft is in desktop software. Microsoft recently launched a high-profile foray into the search market with a new search engine, Bing, and it seeks to partner with Yahoo to mount a stronger challenge. But Google, with nearly 70 percent of the search ad market, has little to fear from Bing or the planned joint partnership, and that dominance remains an immense source of Microsoft's frustration.
Microsoft and Google are also gearing up for an intense showdown over the very future of the PC operating system. Google recently said it plans to introduce a new web-based operating system based on its Chrome browser (though to date, Chrome has barely dented Microsoft Internet Explorer's lead in the browser market). Google's fundamental strategy to shift the locus of computing onto in the Internet, and into "the cloud," represents an ambitious assault on Microsoft's dominance of the desktop-based operating system market.
With billions of dollars at stake, the sophisticated D.C. operations and message machines are an inevitable result of Google and Microsoft's epic struggle for dominance. With the Obama administration perceived as "Google-friendly," despite ongoing federal inquests into Google on antitrust grounds, Microsoft has little choice but to ensure that its voice is heard amid the cacophony of Capitol Hill lobbying.
And if secret "screw Google" meetings are any indication, this could get very ugly -- and very entertaining.
source : http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/28/microsofts-secret-screw-google-meetings-in-d-c/
The meetings are part of an ongoing campaign by Microsoft (MSFT), other Google (GOOG) opponents, and hired third parties to discredit the Web search leader, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.
"Microsoft is at the center of a group of companies who see Google as a threat to them in some combination of business and policy," said a source familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to avoid retribution. "The effort is designed make Google look like the big high-tech bad guy here."
The meetings have occurred as frequently as once a week, sources with knowledge of the meetings say.
Microsoft employs several D.C.-based public relations firms, including Law Media Group, a secretive outfit founded by former Democratic operative Julian Epstein, and the Glover Park Group, which the software giant retains for issues related to "public policy and governmental affairs," according to Microsoft's website. LMG declined to discuss its work for Microsoft; GPG says it had never been involved with any "screw Google" meetings.
Nevertheless, one source familiar with the meetings says, "Law Media Group has several people who work full-time on Google-bashing. Everybody knows Microsoft is trying to throw roadblocks at Google and knock them off their game. Microsoft is trying to harm Google in the regulatory, legal, and litigation arenas because they're having problems with Google in the competitive marketplace."
"This is textbook Microsoft," the source adds. "Microsoft has got some of the best, highest-priced lobbyists that money can buy in Washington."
The meetings have been led by Fred Humphries, Microsoft's chief lobbyist in D.C. Ginny Terzano, Microsoft's Washington spokesperson, acknowledged that Google has come up in Microsoft meetings with "lawmakers, regulators, and our own consultants." But of Humphries's alleged "screw Google" meetings, she says, "This is absurd. While Google is a healthy competitor, Fred is focused on advancing policies that benefit our partners and consumers, and not running meetings of the type you describe. Your sources are badly misinformed, and your information is wrong."
"As you would expect, Microsoft and Fred are working to educate policymakers and regulators about the benefits of the Microsoft/Yahoo deal," Terzano says. "When you talk about the Microsoft/Yahoo deal, of course Google is going to come up."
A source with knowledge of the matter called Terzano's statement a "non-denial denial," saying, "This is an attempt to obfuscate the fact that they are indeed having 'screw Google' meetings."
Microsoft is working to allay Justice Department antitrust concerns over its proposed 10-year web search tie-up with Yahoo (YHOO), which would unite the No. 2 and 3 competitors in the space.
The new details about Microsoft's D.C.-based efforts to undermine Google shine a light on the role of third-party firms, funded by tech giants, that engage in activities such as astroturfing, corporate propaganda, and misinformation. Media reports have hinted at a "whisper campaign" undertaken by entities acting at Microsoft's behest to undermine Google, both with policymakers and the public.
In recent months, two heavily detailed, annotated versions of confidential Google slide presentations -- one dealing with competition issues, the other with behavioral targeting -- have been published by a Santa Monica–based group called Consumer Watchdog. The annotations are highly critical of Google and seek to rebut the search giant's arguments. Consumer Watchdog has thus far declined to reveal the source of the documents.
"We consulted with someone outside our organization who did the mark-ups. We published them because we thought they were right on the issue," says John M. Simpson, who leads coverage of issues related to Google at Consumer Watchdog. Microsoft and its PR firms LMG and GPG deny any involvement in producing the annotated Google presentations.
Simpson says the news of the "screw Google" meetings comes as "no surprise whatsoever." "I suspect that such meetings are happening at Microsoft, and I would suspect that Google has had similar meetings," Simpson says. "It's obvious that Microsoft is engaged in some sort of organized campaign to undermine Google."
That there is no love lost between the two companies is well-documented. Microsoft chieftain Steve Ballmer once famously hurled a chair across his office during an anti-Google tirade in which he raged, "I'm going to f*cking kill Google." The incident was revealed in court documents related to Google's poaching of Microsoft's former point man in China, Li Kai-Fu. Google lured Li to head its effort there, leading to a lawsuit from Microsoft, which Google won.
Of course, just as Microsoft holds Washington meetings to discuss its Google strategy, Google does the same. The two companies compete on multiple fronts, and each seeks to enhance its own position while undermining its rival.
"Of course we keep an eye on what's happening in the industry," Google spokesman Adam Kovacevich says, "but the focus of our Washington advocacy has always been advancing good public policy for the Internet and our users."
In less than a decade, Google has become nearly as dominant in the Internet search market as Microsoft is in desktop software. Microsoft recently launched a high-profile foray into the search market with a new search engine, Bing, and it seeks to partner with Yahoo to mount a stronger challenge. But Google, with nearly 70 percent of the search ad market, has little to fear from Bing or the planned joint partnership, and that dominance remains an immense source of Microsoft's frustration.
Microsoft and Google are also gearing up for an intense showdown over the very future of the PC operating system. Google recently said it plans to introduce a new web-based operating system based on its Chrome browser (though to date, Chrome has barely dented Microsoft Internet Explorer's lead in the browser market). Google's fundamental strategy to shift the locus of computing onto in the Internet, and into "the cloud," represents an ambitious assault on Microsoft's dominance of the desktop-based operating system market.
With billions of dollars at stake, the sophisticated D.C. operations and message machines are an inevitable result of Google and Microsoft's epic struggle for dominance. With the Obama administration perceived as "Google-friendly," despite ongoing federal inquests into Google on antitrust grounds, Microsoft has little choice but to ensure that its voice is heard amid the cacophony of Capitol Hill lobbying.
And if secret "screw Google" meetings are any indication, this could get very ugly -- and very entertaining.
source : http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/28/microsofts-secret-screw-google-meetings-in-d-c/
Google's "Caffeine"!!
Google has lifted the lid on its updated search engine, which developers have nicknamed "Caffeine".Although still in the testing phase, the firm says it is the "first step in improving the speed, accuracy and comprehensiveness of search results".The new engine will replace Google's current one after tests are complete.
Martin McNulty of search marketing specialist Trafficbroker said the upgrade threatened to put Microsoft's new engine, Bing, "in the shade"."Google have let Caffeine quietly slip out. It talked about vertical specific searches while quietly doubling the speed and starts introducing real-time results and news feeds," he said.
"Bing was launched with a massive media budget.
"Trouble is, Bing presents itself as an alternative to something that users are still - for now - happy with," he added.
Virtual monopoly
Google is still the dominant search engine. According to market research firm Hitwise, Google accounted for more than 87% of the UK search market in 2008.
However, in recent months, the search engine market has got a little busier. As well as Microsoft's Bing.com - which saw a tie-up between Microsoft and Yahoo - the "computational knowledge engine" Wolfram Alpha and a revamped Ask Jeeves have also entered the fray.
Google is also facing competition from Facebook, which has just acquired FriendFeed, praised for its "real-time" search engine.
This type of search is valuable because it lets you know what is happening right now on any given subject.
Back in May, Google founder Larry Page admitted that the search giant had fallen behind other services like that of Twitter, which boasts nearly 45 million users worldwide.
Fresher content
Google's head of Webspam, Matt Cutts, denied that Caffeine was launched in response to competitive search engines.
"I love competition in search and want lots of it, but this change has been in the works for months," he wrote in his blog.
"I think the best way for Google to do well in search is to continue what we've done for the last decade or so: focus relentlessly on pushing our search quality forward. Nobody cares more about search than Google, and I don't think we'll ever stop trying to improve."
Alex Watson, editor of Custom PC magazine, said Caffeine was reflecting a general trend to what he calls "the real-time web".
"Caffeine now picks up news stories and puts fresher content higher up the search results," he said.
"That said, it's likely that most people won't notice the change. It still looks the same, it's the algorithms that have changed.
"However, it is now doing things that would never be possible a few years ago and knowing Google, this would have been in the works for some time."
source:www.bbc.co.uk
Martin McNulty of search marketing specialist Trafficbroker said the upgrade threatened to put Microsoft's new engine, Bing, "in the shade"."Google have let Caffeine quietly slip out. It talked about vertical specific searches while quietly doubling the speed and starts introducing real-time results and news feeds," he said.
"Bing was launched with a massive media budget.
"Trouble is, Bing presents itself as an alternative to something that users are still - for now - happy with," he added.
Virtual monopoly
Google is still the dominant search engine. According to market research firm Hitwise, Google accounted for more than 87% of the UK search market in 2008.
However, in recent months, the search engine market has got a little busier. As well as Microsoft's Bing.com - which saw a tie-up between Microsoft and Yahoo - the "computational knowledge engine" Wolfram Alpha and a revamped Ask Jeeves have also entered the fray.
Google is also facing competition from Facebook, which has just acquired FriendFeed, praised for its "real-time" search engine.
This type of search is valuable because it lets you know what is happening right now on any given subject.
Back in May, Google founder Larry Page admitted that the search giant had fallen behind other services like that of Twitter, which boasts nearly 45 million users worldwide.
Fresher content
Google's head of Webspam, Matt Cutts, denied that Caffeine was launched in response to competitive search engines.
"I love competition in search and want lots of it, but this change has been in the works for months," he wrote in his blog.
"I think the best way for Google to do well in search is to continue what we've done for the last decade or so: focus relentlessly on pushing our search quality forward. Nobody cares more about search than Google, and I don't think we'll ever stop trying to improve."
Alex Watson, editor of Custom PC magazine, said Caffeine was reflecting a general trend to what he calls "the real-time web".
"Caffeine now picks up news stories and puts fresher content higher up the search results," he said.
"That said, it's likely that most people won't notice the change. It still looks the same, it's the algorithms that have changed.
"However, it is now doing things that would never be possible a few years ago and knowing Google, this would have been in the works for some time."
source:www.bbc.co.uk
IPv6 compatibility?
The biggest mistake in developing IPV6 is it lacks backward compatibility with the existing IPV4. IPV4 was made standard protocol 13 years ago and still it is the standard protocol. I also studied these both protocols in my computer networks course apart from articles i studied on net and in books, and there were some ways shown to make IPV4 devices compatible with IPV6, but there is no effective technique yet to make IPV4 devices compatible with IPV6 or vice versa, IPV6 developers envisioned a scenario in which IPV6 and IPV4 devices and networks will work side by side,which is known as dual stack mode. But they failed to realize that some IPV4 devices will never be upgraded to work with IPV6, and IPV6 networks have to communicate with IPV4 devices.. i hope that IETF will come up with some idea to use IPV4 and IPV6 side by side as it is impossible to change the devices and networks overnight to IPV6 from IPV4
Google's operating system for PC's
Google is planning to develop operating system for PC's, Google has made an operating system with the name Android for cell phones. Now they are planning the OS for PC's. This will be the clash between internet search king Google and software giant Microsoft. But the fact is when Google launched its browser Google Chrome, it was not able to fetch a major market share dominated by Microsoft's Internet Explorer. And on the other hand Microsoft's search engine "Bing" is also not able to give hard time to Google's search engine. As Google continues to dominate the search market with 78%. So if Google launches its OS, it will be a very healthy competition in my view, as the Google will try to come with a good OS and with the view of dominating the market. So lets see how the Google's OS will be like? :)
Google Voice
Google has started its new service "Google Voice", it is currently available by invite only. It is a useful service in my opinion. Now let me describe that how it works. When you register with google voice you will be given a google number, it will be like an ordinary number. Now your friends, family and people who wants to contact you will call on your google number, and you will choose that if someones call you at google number it should ring your home, office, cell number or all of these ring at once and you can answer the phone by any number or any specific number. The best feature of this is that people dont have to remember or store different numbers like home,work,cell etc. Only one google number is enough to reach a person, secondly if you are expecting an important call than it cannot be missed as you can get it on all your phone numbers and you dont have to worry that will he call on your cell or at your home number? isnt it cool :)
Nokia's new charger for cell phones!
Those days are going to be over when you say to your friends or other people while talking on your cell phone that my battery is low and I cant talk and stuff. Because Nokia Research Centre in Cambridge is working on a prototype that would eliminate traditional cell phone chargers. Isn’t it cool? J. This system will collect energy from ambient radio waves emitted by antennas,Wi-Fi transmitters etc. This all sounds that this is a whole new concept but it is not a new idea as this technology is used from years i.e in alarm systems etc. so Nokia is going to catch radio waves across a range of frequencies, harnessing them for power. I am not going into more detail about its working to keep it simple :p. I don’t know that what features will it power ?music playing?internet browsing as consumers have entertainment and business needs. This system will develop in 3-5 five years according to Nokia. By the way wireless chargers have already hit the market. This month Palm introduced a wireless charger touchstone for its Palm Pre. Touchstone uses method known as inductive charging.
Facebook vanity URL!!
No doubt that you have heard of Facebook vanity URL, it is a thing for which everyone was so excited from days. It is quite a bigger success for Facebook. As I was seeing the statistics that within first seven minutes of launch of this service 345,000 users grabbed the URL’s and within 15 minutes over a half million users have grabbed one, it was on first come first serve basis. I was doing some research and I found that the best URL so far is “facebook.com/default.aspx” chosen by a user. I know some of you will be amazed that doesn’t it conflict with facebook's default page :P..well no it is not going to create a problem as facebook is built in php not asp J. I have also read in different websites that some people selected good URL’s and are now auctioning it to make some good money. But there are also some people who are sad as they were unable get their favorite URL, because it is taken by someone else before them :P. I think it’s a good thing to give everyone a unique URL as a name instead of a number(as it was previously) as it will help in tracking friends and stuff. I haven’t got one for me up till now, I hope I will be able to get a good one J
Bing.com
I am writing it a little late because I thought that I should wait for some time before writing a review about bing.com, Microsoft’s “decision engine”. Bing was released on June 3rd, all the technology conscious people were waiting that what type of decision engine Bing will be. I also got baffled with the term decision engine, will it be like WolframAlpha? Will it be like search engines like Google? Or will they are coming with a whole new idea?. But at the end it is a search engine like Google, then why they were saying it decision engine? Well whatever it is, Microsoft has followed its traditions to copy others idea and then grab the market share. Well Google is their main competitor and interestingly the stats after the release of bing shows that more and more people are using bing than Google, so some good news for Microsoft :P. I also used bing and it produces good search results, the interface is quite cool with rotation of stunning photography while Google interface is simple, maybe more people are attracted towards the cool interface of bing. But in my opinion as I said in one of my previous posts that users don’t want to get links for their searches, they want answers rather than list of links of websites that Google and Bing are providing. Users want search to be smarter and simple than ever before, which gives them accurate results within less time. Bing has not came with any new idea it is just another drop in an ocean. Although WolframAlpha is not successful but they came with a new idea and they are going to improve it with time, that’s the type of search that people want or even more. Let’s hope that some useful search engine will come or the existing ones will be optimized to give users what they want!!
Google Squared
Google Labs has released "Google Squared", which according to the search giant, "constructs a table of facts about any search category you specify". I used it and had tested it with random searches, some searches produce better results than others. I think this is Google’s short term answer to WolframAlpha. Google said that this is no perfect yet, so they will definitely improve this. In this approach they put results in a square or table format of a category or topic you specify. You can also track the links by which the data is putted in square. You can use Google squared by typing google.com/squared. Try it yourself and also let me know that what you think about it :P
Can robots replace humans?
We are living in a world where new technologies come quickly, and more new ones replace them more quickly,it gives us alot of options to choose from.This has change our lifestyles than our ancestors used to have.Everyone wants to spend a comfortable life.As i was getting bored so i choose to do some readings on robots,so i read some articles and now i am going to share my views here.There are different types of robots presently available which are meant for different tasks.Some robots pick stuff from one place and put it to its destination, some robots are meant for doing maid's work and there are many more.But they are not generic,means they are only meant for only one or more tasks.They cannot behave like humans,but research is going on in which scientists are trying to make robots which will behave like humans and there will be no difference between a robot and human being.Those robots will be able to do every task that a human being can perform.Then i also want to mention another research which is carried by pentagon that they want to replace soldiers with robots and they had made some prototypes of it and 90% work is completed,it will take them another 10-15 years to make full equipped soldier robots that can perform tasks of human soldiers and will not be costly.Where the world is heading?why would they want to replace humans with robots?if robots are replaced by humans then what will humans do?if robots replace humans is there a possibility that robots will take over humans and a war between robots and humans can be fought(like in terminator movie & eagle eye :P)?.These are some of the quesions that the researchers should consider before going with the idea to replace humans with robots.
Pictures...Are they really removed?
I came across an article and i am not much amazed while reading it as i already have some hint about it.A new research has been carried out by cambridge university in which they had studied different social networking sites such as Facebook,MySpace and others,the main thing pointed out in the research is that when you delete your picture or pictures from social networking sites,infact they are not deleted and remains on the servers without your knowledge, unfortunately Facebook is also one of them.It was also pointed out that the webpage and photos resides on different servers, and whenever you delete a picture it only deletes it from webpage and pictures are not deleted from servers.But facebook claims that whenever a picture is deleted it is also removed from its servers. Dont knw what they want to do with alot of pictures?:P.Anyways dont upload the pictures that you dont want the world to see even after they are deleted..
Google Chrome 2.0
Google Chrome 2.0 is released.There were some problems and bugs with previous versions of Google Chrome which have been fixed in 2.0.According to tests Google Chrome is the fastest browser , but it does not provide more functionality than other browsers.But Google had tried to put new functionality in Chrome 2.0 which were not in previous versions,One such functionality is full screen,press F11 to invoke it.I dont know whats the use of full screen mode but Google says that it is for viewing videos and presentation on full screen,but the video and presentation players provide full screen functionality.While you are in full screen mode all the browser controls disappear,and also you cant enter new address to visit.Cant figure out why they added this control?But i hope Google will provide more functionality in versions to come,but still Google Chrome is worlds fastest browser :P
Microsoft launching its search engine
I was reading an article relating to search engines,there i got this news that Microsoft is now going to launch its search engine "Kumo".Microsoft claims that its search engine will produce more effective and better results than google,yahoo and others, but in my opinion main concern for them is google, they are of the view that there search engine will produce good and useful results than google and people will switch to "Kumo".But in my view its premature to say that,as somedays back same hype was created for WolframAlpha which was not upto expectations, in my opinion it is not easy to compete google as they are adding more and more functionality and they also are coming up with new search techniques.Microsoft would like to form a partnership with Yahoo,so that they both can challenge Google.In my opinion google has done a pretty good job and "Kumo" will be another drop in the ocean..there are alot of search engines today,but in my opinion people get more than adequate information form google and other search engines, it is not a good idea to come up with more and more search engines.. google is the product on which everyone relies and there is very less probability that people are going to switch to another product..
Intelligent LCD
This is not a normal LCD,this LCD stares back at you :P ..i came across this gadget during my search and and it's really cool..this 23 inch high definition LCD known as "Eizo Nanao FlexScan monitor" uses an infrared "human presence sensor" to determine whether anyone is sitting infront of it or not..if no one is sitting in front of it then after 40 seconds the screen automatically powers down to conserve energy..it can also detect motion of objects and distinguish between moving and stationary objects..The 1920 by 1080 resolution monitor consumes just 18 watts at full power and 0.7 watts in standby mode, and it weighs 40 percent less than previous models, making it both lean and green.Isn't it a cool thing?